Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) dashboard setup

The Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF)
Dashboard
leverages a publicly available CA Agile Central Community
App
, and can be found on GitHub. This Dashboard allows
program
managers and product managers to quickly score features in their program
backlog
to help them prioritize
feature
work during Agile
Release
Train planning.

WSJF is a
lean
method for determining backlog prioritization (job sequencing) using the cost of delay and remaining job size. In
SAFe
, this algorithm is applied at
PSI
boundaries to continuously update program priorities based on current business context, value, development facts,
risk
, and effort considerations.

The formula for WSJF is (
User
Value+OERR (Risk Reduction|Opportunity Value)+Time Value)/Job Size. If the team's job size estimates are updated to include only time remaining, then constant application of WSJF ignores sunk costs, which is a key economic principle of lean.

You can edit the WSJF app directly using in-line editing for each of the Time Value, OERR, User Value, and Job Size fields. The WSJF score is automatically calculated by the app for these values. Note that some fields in the WSJF app are not currently displayed in standard detail pages.

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